NYPD: Four victims pronounced dead at scene, two others died in hospital We've just heard further details about the rescue operation from New York Police Department commissioner. Jessica Tisch ...

The aircraft was on a tourist flight of Manhattan, run by the New York Helicopters company. Witnesses described seeing the main rotor blade flying off moments before it dropped out of the sky.

Mercè Camprubí Montal, right, and Agustín Escobar with their children in the helicopter before taking off for a sightseeing flight around New York City - Unpixs ...